Shelf edging



Feb. 8, 1938 E. KARFIOL 2,107,669

SHELF EDGING Filed March 17, 1936 I A ORNEY.

Patented Feb. 8, 1938 PATENT OFFICE SHELF EDGING Edward Karfiol,

New York, N. Y.

Application March 17, 1936, Serial No. 69,294

6 Claims.

This invention relates to shelf edgings with or Without an associatedshelf covering portion adapted to overlie the upper surface of a shelf.Such edgings are sold by the running yard and are adapted to be secured,by the ultimate purchaser, to the front edge of shelving to producedesired decorative effects.

Shelf edgings are made of various materials and large quantities thereofare fabricated from strips, laminated with respect to one another, so asto embody a plurality of plies which are secured together for a greateror lesser portion of the length or width of the several plies to impartto the edgings sufficient body to permit them to be readily handled andto enable them to properly maintain their shape when secured to a shelf.

When a shelf edging is made of a plurality of plies, the best resultsare obtained in use when the edging is longitudinally reinforced orstiffened in a manner to lend a fair degree of rigidity thereto in orderthat it may better conform to the edge of a shelf and present a tailoredappearance.

I have found that an edging embodying a pinrality of plies may beeconomically and satisfac- 'torily reinforced and stiffened by foldingupper marginal portions of one or more plies over the upper edges of oneor more other plies and by folding lower marginal portions of one ormore plies over the lower edges of one or more plies.

This procedure, while not confined to shelf edgings having plies of anyparticular character, has been found to give wholly unexpected resultsin cases where the forward ply of the edging is of openwork materialwhich, in many instances, may be of a frail and delicate nature havinginsufficient inherent strength unless properly reinforced by anassociated ply. With such an edging, the folding of the upper and lowermarginal portions of another ply or plies over the upper and lower edgesof the frail openwork ply, will not only serve to properly support theedges of the latter and mount the same in proper cooperative relationwith the other ply or plies, but these folded over marginal portionswill so reinforce the whole structure as to give the stiffness desiredand at the same time lend to the whole a neat and distinctiveappearance.

Features of the invention, other than those adverted to, will beapparent from the hereinafter detailed description and claims, when readin conjunction with the accompanying drawing.

The accompanying drawing illustrates different practical embodiments ofthe invention, but the constructions therein shown are to be understoodas illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figures 1-7 of the drawing are fragmental perspective views showingdifferent illustrative forms of the invention.

In Figures 1-7, the arrangement is such that l5 one marginal portion ofone ply is folded forwardly over an edge of another ply, while onemarginal edge of another ply is folded back over the marginal edge of arear ply. The simplest form of this arrangement is shown in Figure 1,wherein the upper marginal portion 49 of the ply 56 is folded over theupper edge of the ply 5| which has a lower marginal portion 52 foldedunder the lower edge of the ply 50.

Figure 2 is the same as Figure 1, except that there are four plies 53,54, 55 and 56, the two rear plies having extensions which are foldedover the upper edges of the forward plies and the two latterplies'having extensions which are folded over the lower edges of therear plies.

Figure 3 is the same as Figure 1, except that the upper marginal portionof the front ply 51 is folded over the upper edge of the back ply, whilethe lower marginal portion of the back ply 58 is folded over the loweredge of the front ply 51.

Figure 4 shows a front ply 59, a back ply 611 and an intermediate ply6|. The upper marginal portion 62 of the front ply 59 is folded over theupper edges of the other two plies 60 and 6 I, while the lower marginalportion 63 of the back ply 60 is folded over the lower edge of only theintermediate ply 6|.

The structure of Figure 5 is the same as in Figure 1, except that thereis one or more added plies 64 secured to the front face of the ply 5!.

The structure of Figure 6 has substantially the same arrangement asshown in Figure 5, except that the forward ply 65, which corresponds tothe ply 64, is extended upwardly, so as to underlie the folded overportion 49.

All of the structures which I have thus far shown and described havebeen directed primarily to edgings alone, but such edgings may, ifdesired, be provided with extending flaps adapted to overlie the wholeor a portion of the upper surface of a shelf and form a shelf coveringportion, without departing from this invention. Examples of suchstructures are shown in Figure '7.

In Figure '7, I have substantially the structure of Figure 1, exceptthat the part 68, which corresponds to the part 52, is extended upwardlyto the upper edge of the edging and there provided with a flap M whichforms a shelf covering portion.

Figure '7 is not to .be considered as exclusive, but shows anillustrative way in which a shelf covering portion may be associatedwith the edgings of the other figures.

I have not shown adhesive, stitches or other attaching means in all ofthe figures of the drawing, as either or both may be used depending uponconditions or the materials employed, but it will be understood that theseveral plies, as well as the folded over edgesare secured firmly inposition, as, for example, by an adhesive, so as to give a firmstructure and impart backbone to the edging. An outstanding advantage ofall these constructions is that the edging is not only properlyreinforced and strengthened at its upper edge, but that a lower portionof the edging is also similarly strengthened and reinforced.

It should also be understood that the material entering into the edgingof this invention may be of any appropriate character and in factdifferent plies may be made of different materials. Different plies mayalso be appropriately ornamented or contrastingly colored and all freeedges which show from the front or exposed face of the edging may beornamented by scallops, castellations or serrations, or in any othersuitable Way made pleasing in appearance. Embossing may be availed ofwhere desired.

In the foregoing detailed description and in the accompanying drawing, Ihave not attempted to show every possible way in which this inventionmay be carried out, but have sought merely to give a sufficientillustrative showing to demonstrate the wide variety of effects whichmay be obtained through the employment of this invention with thatcoincident reinforcement and stiffening to which the present inventionis primarily directed. The invention, therefore, is to be understood asnot limited to the structures which have been illustrated, but is to beconstrued as fully commensurate with the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A shelf edging comprising a plurality of plies, one rear ply of whichis folded over the upper edge of a forward ply and secured in abuttingrelation to the forward face of the latter and one forward ply beingfolded over the lower edge of a rear p-ly and secured in abuttingrelation to the rear face of the latter.

2. A shelf edging comprising a plurality of plies with one longitudinalmargin of one rear ply folded over the corresponding edge of a forwardply and secured in face abutting relation to the forward face of thelatter and with one longitudinal margin of one forward ply folded overthe corresponding edge of a rearward ply and secured in face abuttingrelation to the rear face of the latter.

3. A shelf edging comprising two plies of material with one longitudinalmargin of one ply folded over the corresponding edge of the other plyand secured to the remote face of the latter and with the otherlongitudinal margin of the latter ply folded over the edge of the firstply and secured tothe remote face thereof.

4. A shelf edging comp-rising two plies of material with onelongitudinal margin of each ply folded over the contiguous edge of theother ply and secured thereto.

5. A shelf edging comprising a plurality of plies, one rear ply of whichis folded over the upper edge of a forward ply and secured in abuttingrelation tothe forward face of the latter and one forward ply beingfolded over the lower edge of a rear ply and secured in abuttingrelation to the rear face of the latter, said forward ply being extendedrearwardly of the rear ply to overlie the topand a shelf and form ashelf covering portion.

6. A shelf edging comprising a plurality of plies with correspondingmargins of a plurality of rear plies folded over the edges of aplurality of forward plies and secured thereto and with thecorresponding margins of a plurality of forward plies folded over theedges of a plurality of rear plies and secured thereto.

EDWARD KARFIOL.

